Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "U.S. Orders China To Close Houston Consulate After COVID-19 Hacking Allegations | NBC Nightly News" video.

  1. Something doesn't seem quite right. Are hackers going after large US companies , yes just like every other large company on the planet. It could very well just be random and going after anything they might find as per usual. As a researcher said not really much point trying to steal information about a vaccine trial because the studies results will be published in a publically available medical journal. I think that's why the narrative has changed to the intellectual property regarding processes. But this seems unlikely too because if you have a much better way of doing a process you licence it out to make more money with all other companies in the same field paying you.
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  2. The US was tapping phone calls in Australia to do with agricultural commodity deals , in the 80s. Industrial espionage is normal. Up to the owners of information to protect it. Other hacking of government stuff would be just to test defences in case you want use it one day.
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